Activist Theology Podcast

A Conversation on Privilege & Toxic Masculinity During the Pandemic

Robyn and Anna chat with Jeff Koetje, a friend who is quarantined in New York City and is experiencing the gamut of COVID-19 challenges. Having been furloughed, Jeff reflects on how he is contemplating next steps and shares about his own work in dismantling supremacy, misogyny, and toxic masculinity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Are Our Bodies Telling Us Right Now? A Somatic Response to COVID-19

Dr. Robyn and Anna welcome to the podcast Erin Law, Curator of Embodiment Practice for the Activist Theology Project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BONUS - COVID Bitchcast

You've heard of the podcast, but have you heard of the Bitchcast? Dr. Robyn and Rev. Anna are up to their noses in annoyance. Join them for this bonus episode of snark, complaining and eye-rolling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

White Supremacy & Ancestry - A Conversation with Layla Saad

LAYLA IS THE AUTHOR OF THE GROUND-BREAKING BOOK ME AND WHITE SUPREMACY (2020) AND THE HOST OF GOOD ANCESTOR PODCAST.As a widely read writer, a globally sought speaker and a popular podcast host, Layla is passionate about creating Inspiration, Education & Activation for personal and collective change in the world. Layla’s work is driven by a powerful desire to become a good ancestor; to live and work in ways that leave a legacy of healing and liberation, especially for black girls and black wo...

Social Solidarity During Times of Physical Distancing

What does the current COVID-19 pandemic mean for us as humans? How do we maintain social solidarity with one another when we are asked to keep a physical distance? How do we sink deeper into community and our call for belonging during these disruptive and anxious days? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tornados & Healthcare – What in the World Are We Facing?

Dr. Robyn speaks of their experience during the Nashville and central Tennessee tornado and alongside Anna, dive into the COVID-19 and healthcare crisis our country currently faces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Conversation on Shame - With Guest Matthias Roberts

Robyn and Anna welcome our dear friend, Matthias Roberts from the Queerology podcast. Join us as we continue our conversation from last week and dig into our collective work around shame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Trauma & Privilege - A Conversation with Mike McHargue

After Robyn and Anna share some frustrating and emotional things that happened in their week, they sit down with Mike McHargue (Science Mike) to chat about his new book, the work he has done to divest himself of his privilege and how white folx (men in particulary) can get out of their own way to get their hands dirty in the world.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our Bodies - As Canvas & Resistance

Dr. Robyn and Anna continue the narrative on our bodies. The share the stories around their tattoos and speak of the importance of sharing our stories as work against power and supremacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our Bodies - On Health and Liberation

Dr. Robyn and Anna chat about recent health issues, the healthcare crisis the need for our bodies to work collectively in the fight for solidarity and liberation for all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Genocide, the Super Bowl & a Conversation with Mark Charles

In this episode, Robyn and Anna share an impactful conversation with Native American activist and independent candidate for the Presidency, Mark Charles. In addition, we tackle the Super Bowl, Mark's campaign, Anna's latest adventure on the sea, and the sheer brilliance of the band The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Becoming Anti-Violent in a World of Violence

This week is week three (3)! Rev. Anna Golladay and Dr. Robyn talk about violence! It's a good one! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

002-Activist Theology Podcast

Rev. Anna Golladay and Dr. Robyn share some thoughts on the upcoming United States election and have a conversation with Doug Pagitt about the work of Vote Common Good. To support the podcast, visit www.activistheology.kindful.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

001-Activist Theology Podcast - Intros

Rev. Anna Golladay and Dr. Robyn take this first episode to introduce themselves, share a bit about the work of ATP and the intent of this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Introducing the Activist Theology Podcast

Beginning January 16, 2020, join co-hosts Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza and Rev. Anna Golladay as they explore conversations fueled by analysis and activism, all in pursuit of getting our collective hands dirty to achieve social liberation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Activist Theology Diaries - Implicit Bias

Come listen to Danna B. Owen share about implicit bias!

Activist Theology Diaries - Restorative Practice

Join Danna B. Owen as she shares about Restorative Practice and our work in reducing harm!

Activist Theology Diaries & Restorative Practice

We welcome Danna B. Owen, Curator of Restorative Practices to teach us about the work at hand in repairing harm.

Activist Theology Diaries - Sitting in the Soaked Sun

A diary entry from Curator of Meaningful Media - Sitting in the Soaked Sun.

Activist Theology Diaries - Supremacy Culture

As we learn how to respond to the flooding and the catastrophic damage that this hurricane caused, we also need to ask the question of how we begin to re-imagine our world as one that is impacted by climate change.  As the Activist Theology Project seeks to dismantle supremacy culture, we must also look at the ways we allow capitalism and our investment in ongoing production also inform our varying supremacy cultures.  We don’t just live in a world of white supremacy, but we also live in a w...

Activist Theology Diaries - the question of surveillance

In the presence of devastating flooding on the Southeast coast from Hurricane Florence, I am mindful that those who are in search for shelter are faced with rules and regulations that we often don’t think about.  Recently, I was tagged on twitter by someone lamenting that shelters require proper ID, and then I also heard on the news that to get back into your community after the hurricane passes, you have to show a utility bill, and what all of this raises in me is the ways that we are alway...

Activist Theology Diaries - care for our earth

I was suppose to be in Roanoke, VA today, but Hurricane Florence has caused Hollins University to close campus and evacuate students ahead of it making landfall.  This got me to thinking about the care for our planet, our shared common home, and whether we can shift our mindset and begin to behave in ways that dismantle and eliminate the type of dominionisn that many of us exhibit.  Our lack of care for our common home is driven by attitudes and assumptions about what counts as good, and wha...

Activist Theology Diaries - social healing

9/11 - Back home in Nashville, today is September the 11th.  I remember where I was in 2001 when planes flew into the twin towers. Today is a day that many people try to forget, but what if today is a day that we remember and seek to restore one another to the fabric of our human project, repairing the deep woundedness that we all embody.  Social healing is not an easy task, nor can we imagine this work apart from engaging in the work of harm reduction.  Activist Theology at heart is the wor...

Activist Theology in Atlanta

I am sitting in Atlanta, GA in my hotel where I am reflecting on my trip to Cuba and reflecting on how privileged my life has been, even amidst the deep struggle to be heard and seen by the dominant culture.  As a theologian, I am not always welcomed into the conversation, largely because people make assumption about what that word means, theology; and, certainly when people learn that I am also an ethicist, the work of being seen and heard is almost always a struggle.  Struggle is part of t...

Activist Theology goes to Cuba

Returning from Cuba reminds me of the importance of those who are my community of accountability and those who call me to live authentically and transparently the vocation of theologian.  I am reminded of the resilience of the Cuban people and our own struggle here in the US to make sense of all that is happening. I hope that we begin to widen the circle of what both activism and theology are and their role with today’s pressing social concerns.

Activist Theology Diaries

We need to acknowledge that we are living in a culture that privileges the supremacy of empire. And! White supremacy is one tentacle that we must dismantle. 

Activist Theology Diaries

Our hope for the Activist Theology Diaries is that we will expose the interlocking systems of oppression that need to be dismantled, so that we can live a life that is framed by flourishing in a more loving world.

Activist Theology Diaries

One of the things that activism has taught me is that we need a diversity of tactics to help dismantle supremacy culture.  We live in a world that is perpetuated by ongoing harm, and a peaceful revolution does not seem possible.  Always being in a counter position is not always the best place to be, especially when identity politics has become an unwieldy thing of our political moment.  I hope the Activist Theology Project helps hold the tension and the complexities of our moment by bridging...

Activist Theology Diaries

Activist Theology Diaries intro

The Activist Theology Diaries are 60 second episodes of Activist Theology, released weekly, designed to translate theory to action and mobilize folks for radical social change. With a turn to story, the Activist Theology Diaries will help us harness a new moral imagination for a different world, bridge with radical difference, and midwife hope and possibility for a more loving world.